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David Simmonds vs Josh Babarinde

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Josh Babarinde voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

218 same votes 63 different votes 281 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
28 Aye 43 No
Tax 99% aligned 71 shared votes
29 Aye 42 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 11 No
Education 90% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 64% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

83.2%
11% above average
Rank 130 of 650
Participation
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 429 of 650
1,413
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
440
631 eligible divisions
680
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
240
54.5% of votes cast
733
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
200
45.5% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

111
+16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Appearances
126
+31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
168
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Contributions
148
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£181,159
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£181,159
20% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#1
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API